Vanderbilt Cup Races

Hope to be there and will try to bring along some copies of period Murphy Body material from my library for you.. May be 3 of us coming.My son Trevor and his girlfriend as well.

From Save The Date- This Sunday, September 8, 2024: For a 'Duesy' of an Open House at the Waterfront at Roslyn Garage

Yes, I’ll be at the open house next Sunday September 8th.
Thank for the invitation.

Jim Ryan , Long Island Buick Club

From Save The Date- This Sunday, September 8, 2024: For a 'Duesy' of an Open House at the Waterfront at Roslyn Garage

I wish I could go, but I will be out of town. Ironically, I will be at the old car festival at Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Mich. Maybe there’ll be a Duesenberg there.

From Save The Date- This Sunday, September 8, 2024: For a 'Duesy' of an Open House at the Waterfront at Roslyn Garage

Hello Howard,
Just a short note to let you know that I’ll be there on the 8th.

From Save The Date- This Sunday, September 8, 2024: For a 'Duesy' of an Open House at the Waterfront at Roslyn Garage

The driver and “mechanician” who were in that car, a German Benz racer, when it crashed were George Robertson and Stephen Reynolds. Reynolds was actually a reporter doing a story on Robertson when the crash occurred during a practice run on September 23, 1910 in preparation for the 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race. The location of the crash happened as Robertson was leaving the LIMP at the Massapequa lodge and going on to Massapequa-Hicksville Road. Some reports say the car was repaired in time with Franz Heim replacing Robertson as the driver and placing 27th after the car caught fire on lap #6. Other accounts have Heim using another Benz (number 8) since neither that car nor Robertson were in any shape to race.

From Mystery Friday Foto #35 Solved: George Robertson's Strange Accident in Vanderbilt Cup Race History

Looking forward to seeing this classic! See you there.

From Save The Date- This Sunday, September 8, 2024: For a 'Duesy' of an Open House at the Waterfront at Roslyn Garage

Also just remembered that this was during the relocation of the LIMP at Winchester Blvd, then east into Creedmore. Portion of the LIMP shifted north, for the expansion of Union Tpke. And the tunnel was constructed from Creedmore, then beneath the LIMP & Union; for the hospital

From Mystery Friday Foto #34 Solved: A few ladies on Little Neck Parkway & Union Tpke.

On Little Neck Parkway, near Union Blvd, looking north toward Queens County Farms and Motor Parkway over Littleneck Parkway bridge .
Some time between 1930 and 1938?

From Mystery Friday Foto #34 Solved: A few ladies on Little Neck Parkway & Union Tpke.

The vehicle looks like a Nash Ajax, from about 1927 or so.

From Mystery Friday Foto #34 Solved: A few ladies on Little Neck Parkway & Union Tpke.

The Photographer was facing North on Little Neck Parkway. The Women & Automobile are stopped along a dirt & gravel Union Tpke. Then that’s the LIMP & Bridge in the near distance. Maybe the year is around 1925.

From Mystery Friday Foto #34 Solved: A few ladies on Little Neck Parkway & Union Tpke.

We are on today’s Little Neck Parkway looking north with the Long Island Motor Parkway bridge in the distance.  The crossroad is the Union Turnpike. Based on the sign on the left my guess is that the ladies are checking out building plots in the area in the early thirties. Not sure of the auto, Howard had an interest in buying it but decided on the Duesenberg instead.

From Mystery Friday Foto #34 Solved: A few ladies on Little Neck Parkway & Union Tpke.

- Queens, Little Neck Road, the Motor Parkway - looking north from Union Turnpike
- Little Neck Road Bridge
- Based on the attached 1926 article, the Queens Crest housing development, located at the intersection of Union Turnpike and Little Neck Road was opened in 1926.  As the mystery photo doesn’t show any homes having been built yet, I’m assuming the photo was taken in 1924 or 1925.  Map is from 1928. 

From Mystery Friday Foto #34 Solved: A few ladies on Little Neck Parkway & Union Tpke.

Looks like either Commonwealth Boulevard or Little Neck Parkway in eastern Queens,view looking north towards the Motor Parkway

From Mystery Friday Foto #34 Solved: A few ladies on Little Neck Parkway & Union Tpke.

Congratulations Howard

From Chrysler's Chrysler honored again at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.

A Motor Parkway NYC “railroad-type” bridge crosses that road in the distance. Because the road curves north of the bridge, the photograph is standing on the current Little Neck Blvd, looking north.
Counting the number of utility poles suggests the photographer at Union Tpke., which was the southern boundary of the Queens Crest development, established in 1926(!). However, the sign does not name the original development company, indicating a date later than 1926.
The auto is a Ford Model A Tudor Sedan, sold from 1928-1931. However, the wheels are more like those seen on a Model A truck!
Some women are wearing a hat style that did not exist before 1931. As they all seem stylishly dressed, that suggests 1931 or 1932.
Trees in bloom suggest summertime.
However, I must disqualify myself as the line outs on the photo give away the date to me!

Photo was taken when this part of the road was (briefly) called LN Blvd., and not LN Road. The bridge inventory list presented the August 6, 2016 post lists this as LN Blvd; the original bridge plans in the November 3, 2011 post reflect the earlier LN Road name.

However, by 1931-32, the Queens Borough President was advocating this road as a future major north-south link under the unifying name LN Pkwy. (Utopia Pkwy was named similarly planned and named.)  Because the source of the photo is the Borough President’s office, the photo is labeled “Pky,” even as usage would have varied at time!

From Mystery Friday Foto #34 Solved: A few ladies on Little Neck Parkway & Union Tpke.

Excellent result! Thanks for representing Long Island and maintaining a stable of exemplary vehicles!

From Chrysler's Chrysler honored again at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.

It’s Little Neck Parkway, I think, with a view north at Union Turnpike. Early 1930s, maybe 1931.

A house that stands roughly where that site is now is still referenced as “Queens Crest,” surprisingly, in this real estate listing: https://www.loopnet.com/property/25115-union-tpke-bellerose-ny-11426/36081-085060036/

I believe the bridge that is visible is the Little Neck (Road) Parkway Bridge: https://www.vanderbiltcupraces.com/blog/article/long_island_motor_parkway_bridge_series_11_little_neck_road_motor_parkway_b

No clue on the car!

From Mystery Friday Foto #34 Solved: A few ladies on Little Neck Parkway & Union Tpke.

I think we are looking north on Little Neck Parkway in today’s Glen Oaks section of Queens County. Off in the distance is the L. I. Motor Pkwy. going from left to right with its railroad style bridge going over LNP. The ladies have parked their car facing west on what I believe to be Union Turnpike. It looks like there are piles of cobble stones awaiting placement as paving of Union Tpke. Since Union Tpke. hasn’t been paved yet and the ladies are in sleeveless dresses, I’ll guess the date as summer of 1931, maybe July. I’ll guess the car to be a late 1920’s Overland.

From Mystery Friday Foto #34 Solved: A few ladies on Little Neck Parkway & Union Tpke.

This is a really fabulous picture of old Queens.  Looking north on Little Neck Parkway, we see the steel bridge of the LIMP crossing east to west.  The bridge still has the look of being in use.  I will say the 1930’s.

From Mystery Friday Foto #34 Solved: A few ladies on Little Neck Parkway & Union Tpke.

Brian McCarthy-  Thanks for the info.  Very fascinating.

From Mystery Friday Foto #33 Solved; Clarence Chamberlin's Plane on Stewart Avenue